Weekly Report - 06 December 2018 (WR-18-48)

BRAZIL: Environmental commitments at risk

Last week, the international heads of state who were gathered in Argentina for the G-20 summit reiterated their commitment to the “irreversible” Paris Agreement on climate action. US President Donald Trump continues to stand alone in his decision to withdraw from it, although he might have found an ally in his condemnation of the agreement had Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro been in attendance.